Senior Associate
PortlandZac served as faculty for an American Bar Association legal education presentation on the topic of advising clients on purchasing a business. In the presentation, Zac addressed transaction structures and tax attributes.
Zac helps clients buy and sell businesses. He counsels a wide range of companies involved in M&A and investment activity, including public corporations, closely-held industrial firms, private equity portfolio companies and tech startups.
Zac assists clients with negotiating the terms of business purchase agreements and manages transactions. Zac also works with investors in preferred stock financings and with growth-stage companies in investments and equity matters.
Zac's experience includes:
Prior to joining Orrick, Zac was a member of the M&A team at K&L Gates in Portland, and prior to that, a member of the financial institution transactions team at Skadden in New York. Zac's prior experience also includes a stint at an independent law firm in Portland where he counseled founders and growth-stage companies.
Zac has completed two bicycle tours on the West coast totaling 2,100 miles and enjoys commuting to the Portland office by bike.
Trax in its acquisition of Survey
Routeware in its acquisition of Core Computing Solutions
Last Mile in its acquisition of Gotcha Mobility
Warburg Pincus in its acquisition of Qualifacts
LINQ in its acquisition of SRC Solutions
Cloudpipes in the sale of its business to Quick Base
Mercy Corps as a founding member of the Libra Association
Trax in its acquisition of Shopkick
Routeware in its acquisition of RouteOptix
Redshift in the sale of its business to Maxon
XCOM in its acquisition of M87
iCracked in the sale of its business to Allstate
Janrain in the sale of its business to Akamai
Hemex Health in its Series A financing
Applied Materials in its Series B investment in Spin Memory
Reserve in the sale of its business to Resy
American Building Supply in the sale of its business to Jeld-Wen
Warburg Pincus in its Series D investment in Duetto
Aptean in its acquisition of Connect
Splunk in its acquisition of SignalSense
AssetPoint in the sale of its business to Aptean
OpenCar in the sale of its business to INRIX
Custom Credit Systems in the sale of its business to Misys Software Solutions
OIA Global in its acquisition of U.S. Worldwide Logistics
Vigor Industrial in its acquisitions of Oregon Iron Works, Kvichak Marine Industries and Seward Ship’s Drydock
BNP Paribas in the sale of its North American reserve based lending business to Wells Fargo
Heidi Ho Organics in its Series A financing round
Mobile Tech in its negotiation of master supply agreements and licensing agreements with Vodafone, Walmart and AT&T
Vigor Industrial in amendments and restatements of its senior mezzanine and affiliate debt facilities
May.13.2020
February.26.2019
